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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
850 AM EST FRI JUNE 17 2005
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAA
WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
/EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS..
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS
AND PARTNERS... NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL HIRSCHBERG
CHIEF... SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF NEW EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS BUFR
PRODUCTS: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 11 2005
ATTENTION USERS OF THE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS /MOS/
GUIDANCE:
ON TUESDAY... OCTOBER 11 2005... NWS WILL PRODUCE NEW
EXTENDED-RANGE GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM /GFS/ BASED BINARY
UNIVERSAL FORM FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA
/BUFR/ PRODUCTS CONTAINING MOS GUIDANCE. THIS PRODUCT IS FOR
6 TO 192 HOURS FROM THE 0000 AND 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED
TIME /UTC/ MODEL RUNS.
THE NEW COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE
SHOWN IN TABLE 1. A WEB PAGE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION
REGARDING PROJECTIONS AND AVAILABLE GUIDANCE ELEMENTS IS
REFERENCED BELOW. THESE PRODUCTS EVENTUALLY WILL REPLACE
EXISTING EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS. THE NEW
BUFR PRODUCTS CONTAIN GUIDANCE FOR MORE ELEMENTS AND
PROJECTIONS THAN EXISTING PRODUCTS... INCLUDING
TEMPERATURE... DEWPOINT... WIND SPEED... AND WIND DIRECTION
FOR 3H INTERVALS TO 192 HOURS. AN OVERLAP OF AT LEAST NINE
MONTHS WILL OCCUR TO ALLOW USERS TIME TO SHIFT TO THE NEW
PRODUCTS. NWS WILL SEND NOTIFICATION BEFORE REMOVING THE OLD
PRODUCTS.
THESE NEW BUFR PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING BOTH THE
0000 AND 1200 UTC FORECAST CYCLES. THE OLD PRODUCTS WILL
ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 0000 UTC CYCLE. A SIMILAR CHANGE
IS SCHEDULED FOR THE EXTENDED RANGE GFS MOS TEXT PRODUCT.
SEE TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-42 FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THE TEXT MESSAGE.
TABLE 1: COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS FOR THE NEW EXTENDED-
RANGE GFS-BASED MOS BUFR PRODUCTS
WMO HEADING REGION
JSMT30 KWNO PACIFIC REGION
JSMT31 KWNO NORTHEAST CONUS
JSMT32 KWNO SOUTHEAST CONUS
JSMT33 KWNO NORTH CENTRAL CONUS
JSMT34 KWNO SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS
JSMT35 KWNO ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONUS
JSMT36 KWNO WEST COAST CONUS
JSMT37 KWNO ALASKA
A WEBSITE OUTLINING ELEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS AVAILABLE IN
THE EXTENDED-RANGE GFS-BASED BUFR PRODUCTS AS WELL AS THE
ASSOCIATED BUFR TABLE B CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE
LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/BUFR.HTML
A LIST OF SITES IN THE BUFR PRODUCTS AND A MAP OF THE
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/STADRG.HTML
FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS OR MOS GUIDANCE...
CONTACT:
PAUL DALLAVALLE
METEOROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301-713-0023 EXT. 135
E-MAIL: PAUL.DALLAVALLE@NOAA.GOV
LINKS TO MOS PRODUCTS... ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS... CAN BE
FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/MDL/SYNOP/PRODUCTS.SHTML
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE
AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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